we explore the internal divisions within china with: christopher johnson.he had a two decade career at the c.i.a. where he focused on china. he's now at the center for strategic and international studies. and andrew nathan is a professor at columbia university. he's the author and editor of many books including "the tiananmen papers." andrew, i want to start with you. how significant are these public letters, these internal dissents? >> i think they are very meaningful because i think the key is that xi is losing the support of the high levels of the chinese communist party. they're not willing to rally around him the way that they did in the mao period. it's a more critical time. they're more independent. he's demanding absolute loyalty, and people are no longer willing to offer that. >> sreenivasan: christopher johnson, do you see this as a significant threat to the leadership of president xi. >> i don't and i would actually strongly disagree with dr. nathan's characterlation of support for xi jinping. number one to focus on are the letters. we've done fo

christopher johnson is his name. looking at the video here. he will not be facing criminal charges for this. the incident captured on cell phone video a little more than a prosecutors say johnson did not commitit crime when he pulled rios down a hallway after she refused to cooperate. rios was diagnosed with pie polar disorder and is serving a sentence for violation of pbation. >>> a live look from new york where the troubled cruise ship started to dock in the last five minutes or so. the anthem of the seas luxury liner forced back to port again. this time the ship turned around because of the threat of severe weather and a norovirus outbreak. according to royal caribbean there has be an average of nine or ten new cases of the virus a day during the last seven days. as you remember, the anthem of the seas was forced back to court last month after it was battered by a severetorm at sea. >>> breaking news out of alabama. this is weather-related. the yellow hammer state reporting bad damage after a a possible tornado came through the area around

christopher johnson is his name. he's not going to be facing criminal c crges for this. the incident was captured on a cell phone a little more than a year ago. prosecutors are saying that ohnson did not commit a crime when he pulled rios down a hallway, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, is serving a one-year sentencecefor violating probation in a drug case. >>> stunts in florida could be closer to seeing alternate tests in school. a bill to see something other assessment is moving through the senate. the senate voted this week for the bill. >> districts have the option of switching to tests like thehe s.a. tchlt s.a.t. and a.c.t. the bill moves to the full senate but it's not clear it will pass there either. >> a live look from our first alert camera in downtown miami. nice, bright wednesday morning. >> looks pretty nice right nono what do we have in store for the next couple da as we go towards the end of the work weak. >> we'll see a rapid warmup take shape, but we'll remain dry. we're into a period where the forecast will remain rain-free. there may be a change as we

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johnson. glad to see he survived his battle with his arch enemy, ant man. chuck schumer and syndicated radio host christophernj. and -- hans. and the producer and founder of ricochet.com, rob long. let's start the show. >>> one candidate's rally continues to be out of control and sub to frequent interruption by protesters. i am talking of course about marco rubio. >> most elections are a choice between a political party and another political party. >> that's enough. i have to tell everyone -- [inaudible]. >> she doesn't look at me in the same way anymore. >> meanwhile, here is a scene from donald trump's rally in hickory, north carolina on monday. ♪ >> that was really peaceful i thought. y are senior. well behaved. >> obviously, just kidding. that was a rally for ted cruz. trump denies he is fueling violence at his campaign events. >> the reason there is tension at my rallies is that these people are sick and tired of this country being run by incompetent people that don't know what they are doing. the people are angry about that. they are not angry at something i am saying. i am just the messenger. >> there